The Tea Party is an even bigger joke than the mainstream Republican party. That thing got corrupted and co-opted so quickly that the libertarians who started it are still suffering from whiplash.lowing wrote:
I can see that, and the American public sees it as well, hence the Tea Party movement and the rise of the independents, slowly but surely. There is absolutely no hope in the liberal agenda, and it is clear the Republicans are not going to be the answerJohnG@lt wrote:
That really doesn't have anything to do with what I said. I said the Republicans lack a cohesive platform of their own. Half of them care about social issues above all else and the other half light a candle for Saint Reagan before bed. They don't stand for anything. At least with Bush you knew he was a neo-con and where he was coming from. The Republicans right now, today, are just an amorphous blob of populist talking points and no real agenda. As much as I disagree with liberals on issues like government scope and spending, at least you know where they stand. There's no William F Buckley alive today to lead the way, just talking heads that like to yell at their guests for ratings boosts. Hell, the majority of those that claim that they are fiscally conservative do so because it's supposedly part of their ideology without actually knowing what it means. They care more about forcing social conformity than anything else.lowing wrote:
As if the democrats were the party of "YES" during the Bush era? What you say is why NOTHING gets done in Washington. It is not solely because the Republicans will not cooperate.
Instead, people like this were allowed to represent them...
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
